Del Toro told FEARnet: "I cannot spoil much, but we are making [the Hulk] exist in the real world. [We'll examine] what it would be to go through that process for real."

He continued: "There's some elements of the excitement of the transformation [from Bruce Banner to the Hulk], but also some elements of the horror of [the process]."

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Del Toro also revealed that he is drawing inspiration from both Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original Hulk comics and writer Jeph Loeb's recent run.

"I really think Jeph Loeb's run on the comic was phenomenal," he said. "I don't want to say more, but... hopefully in the run of the series... we'll explore [the Hulk] as thoroughly as it's been done in the comics."

The Incredible Hulk television series is in development for ABC's fall 2012 schedule.